Nashville Rebel (film)

Nashville Rebel (film)
Nashville Rebel

Promotional poster for "Nashville Rebel"
Directed by Jay J. Sheridan
Produced by Fred A. Niles
Written by Ira Kerns
Jay J. Sheridan
Starring Waylon Jennings
Mary Frann
Gordon Oas-Heim
CeCe Whitney
Music by Robert Blanford
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release date(s) October, 1966
Running time 95 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English

Nashville Rebel is a 1966 motion picture starring Waylon Jennings, Mary Frann, Gordon Oas-Heim, and CeCe Whitney. This should not be confused with a 2006 compilation DVD of TV performances released by RCA Records to accompany the four-disc "Nashville Rebel" anthology.

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Summary

Arlin Grove (Jennings) has just finished a hitch in the Army and finds he's stranded in the small town of Morgan's Corner after being robbed by drunken rednecks. Grove is taken in by pretty Molly Morgan (Mary Frann) and her father, and it doesn't take long for Molly to become infatuated with the rugged stranger while nursing him back to health.

Arlin and Molly soon marry, and after playing a few songs at a local honky-tonk, Grove becomes a professional musician when he's offered 75 dollars a week for a standing Saturday night gig. Word about Grove begins to spread, and entertainment lawyer Wesley Lang (Gordon Oas-Heim) offers to take over his management and take him to the big time. Lang's paramour Margo (CeCe Whitney) helps give Arlin's act some polish, and before long the singer is knocking 'em dead on the country circuit, and even playing the Grand Ole Opry.

However, Lang takes it upon himself to break up Arlin and Molly's marriage, convinced it would be better for Grove's career if he were single, and Molly, now expecting a baby, is left heartbroken. Arlin soon finds himself of the other side of Lang's machinations when the manager wrongly suspects his new client is having an affair with Margo; Lang sabotages Grove with a booking at a ritzy supper club, and thinking his career is over, Grove turns to the bottle. An apologetic Margo consoles Arlin, and helps him get back to Molly. (Special thanks to Mark Deming, AMG)

Aftermath

While the film was a modest success, this would be the only movie which featured Waylon Jennings as a lead actor. Waylon himself stated in his autobiography (1994, Warner Books) that his performances were not as good as they could have been, and cautioned fans against seeing the film. Eventually, Waylon stopped playing "Green River" (released as a single by RCA) in his live performances.

Several years later, the film's title would prove prophetic: Waylon (with others) was openly rebelling against Nashville's producer-oriented approach to recording. Ironically, the film was pulled from distribution in the mid-1970s, and despite the upsurge in Waylon's popularity in the late 1970'a and early 1980s, "Nashville Rebel" would neither be seen on TV nor be officially released on video until the mid-1990s.

Ownership

In the early 1990s, the video and film assets of Show Biz, Inc. were purchased from Norman Lear by Willie Nelson. As a result, Waylon soon became the owner to the rights of his first feature film. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the film's premiere, Jennings himself made the film available on home video thru his "Pony Express" store. In 2004, both Waylon's estate and Bear Family Records released DVDs of the movie. The Bear Family release offers chapter selection and adds the eleven songs found on the 1966 soundtrack LP.

Aspect ratio problems

When preparing the film for release on VHS and DVD, an anamorphic projection print was used rather than the original Techniscope negatives. As a result, the home video releases are indeed presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. However, since the film was shot in Techniscope (a method often used by budget filmmakers), the correct exhibition ratio is 2.35:1. The 1.78:1 prints used are vertically compressed, intended to be projected with a special lens in order to achieve the proper aspect ratio. However, when viewed on a widescreen TV, the picture settings can be adjusted to the proper ratio.

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